The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-10-23
READING FOR THE SABBATH.
Suday- School Lesson for Oct. 23. 1887.
THREE MIRAcLEs-Matt. tx, 1881.

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/ HOME READINGS.
Monday-Health life and light, Matt. tx Ssh.
Tuesday-The blessings of health, Psalms xei, I-I6
/ Wednesday-Life eternal John vi, 27-51.
| Thursday-The light of God, John LII
| Friday-The Lord of life. Psalms 1c, L.
Saturday--Lazarus restored John II 25-44-
| Sunday-The living Lord, John Xxx, LIS
| The incidents of this lesson, according to har-
monists. occur upon our Lords return TO Caper-
! narm. from the land OF th Q Gergesenes. soon
| after the events of Lesson II. Being invited by
Matthew to feast in his house. he there held
| conversation with some Pharisees and after
ward with some of Johns disciples Matt *.
| OH. While still speaking with them, came
| Jairus. ruler of the synagogue. praying the
| healing of his daughter. AS Jesus was on his
| way to the home or Jairus, he heals the woman
with issue OF blood messenger meeting
| him announces the death of the girl. but he pro-
| ceeds and, entering the house, restores her to
| life. Returning from thence he is followed by
| the two blind men whom he gives sight For
| the parallel passages of the first two miracles
read Mark v. 81 AZ; Luke viii. 1855 The last is
peculiar to Matthew.
Each OF these three miracles teach the necessi
ty and power of faith. They represent three
very different types of faith, with very different
degrees of intelligence. But all of them have
the essential idea that Christ was both able and
willing to meet their need, and each ore of
WAS faith in the germ but it was living germ
that had in it all possibilities of growth. and SO
Christ honors il for what he could make ont Of
1t. And he does the same to-day.
l. Jesus knows all sorrows. We cannot
inform him. He has felt all griefs. No
sorrowing heart escapes his notice. Men over
look-forgst; Jesus never. He is the all-seeing
one.
2 Jesus has all power to relieve our need.
No case is beyond His cure All resources are
at His command His touch, His word, His look
of love can heal all diseases.
2. Jesus pites all who in distress.
blessed they that mourn" has not He said
it? His sympathy is certain. His comfort is
He il
save. Has He touched You with His hand Of
power2
Notes.
There are in China SS9 missionaries. of whom
458 are women and 43l men.
A year or two ago there were started two
three papers in English in India to oppose Chris
tanity and they have ceased already
Ruskin: Though you may have known clever
men who were INDECENT. you never knew great
man who was SO; and when hear young man
spoken OF as giving promise of great genius, the
first question ask about him is, Does he work.
The Baptist Examiner thinks that the in
f1uence of Scotch Presbyterianism and of Boston
Unitarianism was seen whom on Sunday the
crew of the Thistle went to church, and the
crew of the Volunteer worked their beautiful
yacht down the bay and back.
Consul general Cardwell, of Cairo, Egypt. in a
report to the Department of State, calls special
attention to the successful labors of American
missionaries in the valley of the Nile. Nearly
6.0OO native pupils are in attendance at the
scnOoiS tnat nave Oeen eStaDilsneu.
A. D. T. Whitney: 1t is almost always when
things all blocked up and impossible that
happening comes. It has to. A deadlock cannot
last. any more than a vacuum 1t you are sure
you are looking and ready. that is all you need.
God is turning the world round all the time.
One of our exchanges says that when Mr.. Moody
was in London mum Der of young men were com
mssioned to follow mp the converts to SEQ that
they remained true to their professions. They
did Two of the committee were at the Bible
school and said they got the names Of $4,000
converts made in London.
Edinburgh is the great stronghold of Presby-
terianism in Scotland. and. for that matter. in
the world. OF it's 81 churches. 124 are Presby-
terian. Philadelphia leads in this country. hav-
ing seventy four churches to SAT- 000 inhabitants,
and New York comes next, with forty-nin
churches and q, 39l commandments.
Bishop Fallows There is such thing talk
ing away all sense OF feeling, and the talker,
amid his expressions OF aoJecs sorrow for past
sins. is In truth crafty ing his vanity by making
himself the hero of his foul story. The ontstand-
ingly wicked man. when reclaimed by Gods
mercy. ought to'wak softly and speak mildly.
The Roman Catholic Church has forty-fve
Indian schools scattered over the country from
Florida to Alaska. Dakota has the lions share,
there being fourteen in that Territory. New
Mexico has eleven Minnesota seven, Wisconsin
five, Alaska two and Colorado, California,
Nevada, Oregon, Kansas and Florida each.
Of these schools thirty-ive supply board and
clothing we'll as instruction. The aggregate
attendance is nearly 600. Most Of the teachers
are German and French
Some years ago Christian planted a
vineyard in California and went largely into the
business OF making pure wine. His neighbors
did so. too and pretty soon. runs the story,
he increase in drunkenness in his neigh
borhood. He was troubled. and the more he
thought the more he was convinced that he was
doing wrong to make wine. So he pulled up his
vines and burned them, and in their place put
vines whose grapes make raisins and now he ID
prospecting as never before
The Christian Witness, which is on the ground
and knows the circumstances, says: "kev. w.
F. Davis, who has been put in Jail for preaching
on Boston Common without a permit. preached
there again the I'd inst, having just got out of
Jail probation. 1t is said that he will be sent
enced now the two counts upon which he
sympathy from anybody. people thinking that
he IS determined to make a martyr out of him
self. Selfmade martys are not popular"
The Morav;an Some persons nowadays are
seeking to effect good by trying to analyze the
reasons why God in specific cases does, and in
others does not. answer prayer. They practic al
ly argue in such way as TO lead to the con-
clusion that answered prayer comes IS reward
of meritorious asking Such speculation is both
erroneous and dangerous 1t is ours simply to
pray in faith and to leave the results to the
and effects cannot be reasoned out. DR.. Pierson
well says: Il have made up my mind that there
are some things in the mind of God that can
not get into mine Hence I do not attempt to
reconcile the two revealed truths-that God is
Interchangeable and that prayer changes him."
Burdette If the stern old Puritan Sabbath,
with It's suooulng, saodening eHects wrought ont
such joyous natures as Beecher's and gave to tho
world such beautiful blending of tenderness
and strength. laughter and tears. heart-deep
pathos and sunny humor as Oliver Wendell
Holmes, let US have another century of Puritan
Sabbath. Up to date the Sunday of the beer
garden has failed to bring forth Holmes OF
Beecher It has evolved Johann Most and an
August Spies. but somehow that sort of
product does not seem to be quite up to the old
Puritan mark II it Is up to the mark of day,
then heaven save the mark. When you up
bunting tomorrow. remember
the steady going old Puritan Sabbath that
Matched the Fourth of July. 1.-THE CAV we cele- |
brate, dearly beloved wasn't born in Chicago |
beer dive on Sunday afternoon; not by Aug |
full.
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